Sciencefromwww.scientificamerican.com1 day agoWhy Your Brain Puts Off Doing Unpleasant TasksA ventral striatum–ventral pallidum circuit in macaque brains acts as a motivation brake, and suppressing it reduces hesitation for unpleasant tasks.
SciencefromNature2 days agoCan't get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why - and it can be turned offA neural pathway functions as a 'motivation brake' that suppresses task initiation; suppressing it restores goal-directed behavior in macaques.